Wednesday, April 17

🚨NATION

📌 Murder numbers plummets in a number of major U.S. cities (except Atlanta and LA) (AXIOS)

📌 House sends DHS Secretary Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate (CNN)

📌 Supreme Court appears divided on case that could upend felony charges against Jan. 6 rioters, Trump (ABC NEWS)

📌 Columbia University’s president to testify at antisemitism hearing today (CNN) What she plans to say (COLUMBIA)

📌 USC valedictorian banned from giving graduation speech over ‘security concerns,’ after complaints about anti-Zionist, anti-Semitic rhetoric (NY POST)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Justin Trudeau plans to win over Canadians with his Gen Z-friendly budget (POLITICO)

📌 Historic Copenhagen stock exchange in Denmark goes up in flames (BBC)

📌 Dubai gets nearly 2x annual rainfall in a matter of 6 hours (CBS NEWS) ‘Cloud seeding’ may have been partially to blame (INSIDER)

📌 US Treasury Department plans to impose new sanctions on Iran after Israel attack (CNBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 UnitedHealth to take up to $1.6 billion hit this year from Change hack (REUTERS)

📌 Zuckerberg wins bid to avoid personal liability in addiction lawsuits (THE HILL)

📌 Pro-Palestinian Google employees stage ‘sit-ins’ over company contract with Israel (WIRED)

📌 World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts (GUARDIAN)

📌 American Airlines’ pilots report ‘significant spike’ in safety issues (NY POST)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Celine Dion documentary gets a release date (GMA)

📌 Michigan given three-year probation, recruiting penalties by NCAA for football violations — case vs. Jim Harbaugh pending (AP)

📌 Blake Griffin retires after high-flying NBA career that included Rookie of the Year, All-Star honors (CBS SPORTS)

📌 First product of Meghan Markle's lifestyle brand revealed (BBC)